Bessie Lee Jones

January 19, 2000|Compiled by JENNIFER PHILLIPS and TIFFANY HILL

WILLIAMSBURG — Mrs. Bessie Lee Jones, 75, wife of the late Richard Jones, entered into eternal life suddenly and without a word of warning on Monday, Jan. 17, 2000, at her home. She was a faithful member of New Zion Baptist Church and was a member of the Senior Choir and the Missionary Circle. In 1986, she retired from Eastern State Hospital after five years of service.

She leaves to treasure her blessed memories her daughters, Carol Helen Jones of Washington, D.C., and Janet Carr, and her husband, Ralph E. "Gene" Carr, of Yorktown; her grandchildren, Michelle Clawson, and her husband, Dmitri, Jonathan Stanford, and his wife, Crystal, and Bobbie Stanford; her great-grandchildren, Kendra Fields, Tiffany Youman, Nia Clawson and Christopher Stanford; and a host of other loving relatives and caring friends.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at New Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Whitehead officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Family and friends will assemble at 5901 Centerville Road by 1 p.m. on Friday. Mrs. Jones may be viewed on Friday at the church beginning at noon until the service time.

Professional services entrusted to the staff of Whiting's Funeral Home, Williamsburg.